I was actually kicking myself for not ordering it together with the khara one from amazon.co.jp. I have this horrible habit of remembering what else I want only after the package ship. I'll still probably order it in February together with Groundwork if they're still in stock.

^It's Mari, she would drink the LCL raw if her superiors officers allowed her!

Avatar:THE HIGHEST OF ALL HIGHS WE AAAAAAAAAARE!!!Kensuke is a military otaku who, at one point, is shown creepily taking pictures of girls to sell. He would clearly fit right in as an animator at Studio Gainax. -- Compiling_AutumnEoTV is a therapist, EoE is a drill instructor. -- ChuckmanSeriously, that is the most fananked theory I've ever heard, more than Mari being Marty McFly travelling through time to keep her parents (Asushin) together. -- Jäeger

Seems like typical Mari to me. I've long since had this loose idea of Mari inviting Shinji to a picknick... inside her EVA's entry plug, and completely failing to understand why he might find a sandwhich full of LCL somewhat quasifying.

And now, it has become cannon outside my head as well! Glorious Chips & Marshmellows!...Although Mari would probably call them "crisps".

Kendrix wrote:I've long since had this loose idea of Mari inviting Shinji to a picknick... inside her EVA's entry plug, and completely failing to understand why he might find a sandwhich full of LCL somewhat quasifying.

I think Mari would understand why Shinji might find a sandwich inside LCL not very appetizing... and being the precise reason why she invited him to this picknick to begin with!

Although the hardest part would be to sneak Shinji inside an Eva(Misato would go ballistic if she discover it) and to even convince Shinji to go anywhere near an Eva anymore!

Avatar:THE HIGHEST OF ALL HIGHS WE AAAAAAAAAARE!!!Kensuke is a military otaku who, at one point, is shown creepily taking pictures of girls to sell. He would clearly fit right in as an animator at Studio Gainax. -- Compiling_AutumnEoTV is a therapist, EoE is a drill instructor. -- ChuckmanSeriously, that is the most fananked theory I've ever heard, more than Mari being Marty McFly travelling through time to keep her parents (Asushin) together. -- Jäeger

You know you have some fucked up characters when a screenshot of them smiling is the biggest piece of fanservice possible in the series. - AnonymousBe excellent to each other. -Abraham LincolnAsuka is a real person. -BagheeraHuman beings are scum. You people looking down on others for simply feeling an attraction to a fictional character are the real filth. -Kazuki_FuseCENSORED BY THE ILLUMINATI

I just got done looking at my own copies of the calendars, which put me in the mood to see more images... so I click in here and see that yeah, I coulda saved myself a fair bob by just downloading the scans. The only 'bonus' present in the physical version is little artist profiles (presented in both Japanese and English) on the back of each page. Ah well, I needed a new calendar, and wanted to have some nice new Eva images on the wall anyway. Perhaps now I can have my desktop wallpaper match the calendar hanging above my monitor!

I really love so many of the artworks - I have a lot of favorites. I'm not that fond of Kameda's yellow... Misato mashup, though. I was looking forward to seeing Katou's image in full size, but I'm a little disappointed that it's kind of fuzzy/blurry. I actually like Ichifuru's character icons and Nishio's Beast Mode cross-section pieces more than expected to.

Am i the only one that thinks those artworks looks rushed as hell ? like they just penciled the draft scanned and painted lazily on photoshop, you can see the paint smudges and areas not painted.jeez why the hurry ? i hope they are REAALY BUSY with 4.0

^My guess is that there's a valve in the bottle that prevent the LCL to enter in the bottle and let the tea out when Mari aspires in the straw. There might be a little LCL in the straw itself, but I think that Mari wouldn't mind at all!

Avatar:THE HIGHEST OF ALL HIGHS WE AAAAAAAAAARE!!!Kensuke is a military otaku who, at one point, is shown creepily taking pictures of girls to sell. He would clearly fit right in as an animator at Studio Gainax. -- Compiling_AutumnEoTV is a therapist, EoE is a drill instructor. -- ChuckmanSeriously, that is the most fananked theory I've ever heard, more than Mari being Marty McFly travelling through time to keep her parents (Asushin) together. -- Jäeger

bladerj wrote:Am i the only one that thinks those artworks looks rushed as hell ? like they just penciled the draft scanned and painted lazily on photoshop, you can see the paint smudges and areas not painted.jeez why the hurry ? i hope they are REAALY BUSY with 4.0

Yeah it's kinda weird. Looking at the thumbnails you don't see any issue at all but when i amplified the images the smudging/lack of definition on the characters was really jarring. Oh well, thankfully it's nothing big and some of the illustrations (like the one with the three pilots and the cat on that railroad track) are perfectly painted .

Whoever artist (Yoshizuki Sadamoto?) did that and the similar pictures is a real master.